resuscitant
/rɪˈsʌsɪtnt/noun
1An agent or treatment used for resuscitation.
2A person who resuscitates; a resuscitated person. Now rare.
adjective
Of an agent or treatment: used in or relating to resuscitation; having a resuscitating effect; resuscitative. rare.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), theologian and philosopher. From classical Latin resuscitant-, resuscitans, present participle of resuscitāre resuscitate.